The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/03/22 at 10:00 EDT

Episode Date: March 22, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/03/22 at 10:00 EDT

In Scarborough, there's this fire behind our eyes. A passion in our bellies. It's in the hearts of our neighbors. The eyes of our nurses. And the hands of our doctors. It's what makes Scarborough, Scarborough. In our hospitals, we do more than anyone thought possible. We've less than anyone could imagine.

But it's time to imagine what we can do with more. Join Scarborough Health Network and together, we can turn grit into greatness. Donate at lovescarborough.ca. From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Kate Rutherford. Canada's election integrity will be front and centre as Canadians get ready to head to the polls. There are growing concerns about possible foreign interference. Recent comments from

US President Donald Trump are raising alarms. Trump says conservative leader Pierre Pauliev was leading in the polls until he, Trump, quote, got involved. It followed Trump's earlier comments, stating he would rather deal with a liberal prime minister. Prime Minister Mark Carney says he trusts Canadians to make the right choice for them. No foreign leader is going to determine who's best. One of the factors is going to be, in my judgment, who is going to be best for Canada in the negotiations with the Americans, which will come. But they're, from my perspective,

they're not going to come until we get the respect we deserve as a sovereign nation. By the way, this is not a high bar. After meeting with the country's premiers, Carney has just released a relief plan in the face of threatened tariffs, promising to make it easier to receive EI and allowing companies to defer corporate income tax payments. Carney is expected to call an election tomorrow. An RCMP-led investigation into a human smuggling ring has unearthed a wider international network. CBC's Jorge Barrera reports on what police have now found and why it worries them. This is the soundtrack to a video advertising a forged Canadian passport.

CBC News obtained this video and showed it to Kelly Sundberg, a former border officer. These are incredibly sophisticated. Sundberg is now a criminology professor in Calgary. This is incredibly impressive. In the video, the passport under a UV light reveals the hidden security images. It's then scanned with a cell phone, and the screen flashes the ID printed on the document. So that it actually reads the data. These are security features found in passports issued between 2013 and 2023.

This video was found on a phone seized from Montreal man Thessan Garrison-Rasaya, now facing charges for allegedly running a human smuggling organization. RCMP investigators concluded this network poses a national security threat. Jorge Brera, CBC News, Ottawa. Planes are once again taking off and landing at Europe's busiest airport. Heathrow in London confirming this morning that it is back up and running Planes are once again taking off and landing at Europe's busiest airport. Heathrow in London confirming this morning that it is back up and running at full capacity after a fire at a nearby power grid Thursday night cut power to the airport and thousands

of nearby homes forcing a complete shutdown. About 200,000 travellers were affected. Israeli forces continue to push deeper into Gaza. Israel is vowing to take over more land in Gaza until Hamas releases the remaining hostages. Hundreds of people have been killed since the collapse of the ceasefire. The CBC's Crystal Gamansingh has more from Jerusalem. It's all garbage. We came to garbage.

Wira Sob says there are no established camps. Displaced families are having to shelter in a dump near Gaza City. Israel issued multiple evacuation orders, it says, to protect civilian lives as it continues to bomb Gaza. There will be no sanctuary for terrorists. Statements from Israel's UN ambassador Danny Danin, backed up by the United States at the UN Security Council Friday. Hamas bears full responsibility for the ongoing war in Gaza and for the resumption of hostilities. Hamas was told to accept the Witkoff proposal and release hostages

or ground troops would permanently seize land in Gaza. A new threat by Israel's defense minister as airstrikes and ground operations expand and a blockade on aid enters its fourth week. Crystal Gamancing, CBC News, East Jerusalem. And that is Your World This Hour. Remember, you can listen to us wherever you get your podcasts updated every hour, seven days a week. For CBC News, I'm Kate Rutherford.